Your Answer:  The Seven Churches

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New American Standard Version of the Bible"As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. Revelation 1:17-20 (NAS)

The Seven Lampstands:

John was not seeing actual physical things, but instead was seeing a vision of symbols.  These symbols represented different things.  The seven lampstands were not real physical things, they were things that John saw in the vision that represented the seven churches.

    

The Seven Stars:

The seven stars that were in His hand were not literal stars, but represented the seven angels of the seven churches.

New American Standard Version of the Bible"As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.  Revelation 1:20  (NAS)

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